Show f A8 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday March 19 : 2003 : w wnuTT Loolcon neJotiweathetlj nf oil in k I Cache Valley outlook 'b- Utah outlook Forecast for Wednesday ACCUWeathefcom i fcxaceitlbrdevtlinacondMoiis Oklahoma City 64 83126 cdjy Orlando 841 62 - idy' 70 -- 45 Phiadefohla ottyv Temperatures todfotfo TUeaday'a high and overnight low to 8 pm Eastern TTme " NaMowtentoweturae ' Phoank v- Anchorage Atlanta 40 EXTENDED Baltimdra Moatty cloudy on Friday and staring to dear up on Sat- Boise Boston Chicago Ctachnall Cleveland 67 56 43 Lo 24 55 48 34 36 44 40 72 58 39 55 HI TODAY THURSDAY Moatty cloudy In the day and partly cloudy tonight Mostydoutyvtfha eight (20 peroenQ chance of nin and Afternoon hlgha In the lower to mid 40a and CMyinpiM noon highs near 46 overnight Iowa and oramUt tows near 35 anowahoMMsh twdayfmaMoaly nearSOi urday and 8unday Chance of rah or snow Dtadded for Monday Hgheh toe upper 40s Lowe near 35 Denver Helena Honolulu Houston Kansas City Las Yagas Los Angeles A paralyzing blizzard pounded the Rockies on Tuesday shutting down roads and airports while heavy rain fell on some of the nation’s midsection Diy but i conditions dominated much of die rest of the i Snowdrifts more than 10 feet high were reported in the Colorado mountains and most airlines canceled all flights at Denver International Airport until Wednesday In southeastern Wyoming the blizzard shut down state government and hundreds of miles of highway ‘ with low visibility Tornado warnings were issued Tuesday in east and central Thus where hail and heavy rain were reported Severe storms were expected to continue over the capable of localized flooding were region heavy rains ' also possible Showers fell over parts of the Midwest and Mississippi valley while other light rains were developing in the Southeast and Atlantic Coast states ' The West Coast was mostly cloudy to fair with isolated rain showers over west Washington and northwest Oregon Temperatures in the Lower 48 states on Monday ranged from a high of 90 in Boca Raton Fla to a low Up above Sunrise: Sunset: 6:31 6:34 am Now the moon has swung around to the other side of the Earth and is at the "near Earth position of perigree Today the rnoori is only 223560 miles from the Earth at exactly pm EST As always it is measured from the center of one to the other pm Humidity: 86 percent UV Index: 4 (low) Conditions: Overcast Visibility: 10 miles astronomyflrocfcetmallcom Moon: Last quarter on March 24 34 55 48 85 Detroit By The Associated Press Almanac 50 Dalaa-FtWorth- From the news wire Local temperatures 61 of 13 in Stanley Idaho 61 72 68 72 Nashville 65 New Orleans 76 New York City 63 Pic ano ody ody Y’WMty- PortlantLOra Ok San Diego SanFrandaoo i SeatBa'V-- dr dr ’ Spokane TlicaorfCy- - 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As the hours dwindled toward Bush’s deadline the White House worked to keep Saddam guessing Presidential spokesman Fleischer would not rule out a US attack before Bush's 48- - t T : 12 fli V : y v' vi' K&P' mj-- — JNJP4J4 J x The plan dubbed “Operation Liberty Shield” heightens security at the nation’s benders airports seaports and railways at nuclear arid chemical plants and in elements of the nation’s food supply and distribution system Ridge said governors are being asked to deploy National Guard troops or extra state police to help At the State Department Secretary of State Colin Dowell said 30 nations had joined the administration’s “coalition of the willing” and that another 13 had quietly open in case Saddam makes a attack or US ve intelligence warns that one is likely Underscoring what Bush said on Monday night Fleischer said US troops would enter Iraq either as an invading force or as part of an unmolested effort to locate weapons of mass destruction Turkey’s government meanwhile said it would ask parliament to grant the US Air Force the right to use TUrkish airspace in an Iraq war and that a separate motion allowing iri US troops could be considered at a later date Last month the Turkish parliament rebuffed a resolution to let in tens of thousands of American soldiers opening a northern front against Iraq At the same time the administration prepared for an invasion it announced a series of steps at home to protect against terrorist attacks “We know that our interests haye been attacked abroad And we should prepare for potential attacks either here or abroad at this time” said Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ricfge ’ pledged support But at least two of the 30 nations Spain and the Netherlands have explicitly ruled out the use of troops to invade Iraq’ Another Japan was ‘identified as only a member of the coalition Groper Continued from A1 USU student's breasts as she was walking home from school quickly apologized and then grabbed her again before running away police said Hans also grabbed another victim hard enough to cause bruising and scratching for post-confli- ct State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said some of the countries “may put troops on the ground” and others may take on roles such as assisting in a defense against the use of chemical and biological weapons Intelligence reports indicate that Saddamhas commangiven his field-levders the power to use chemical weapons without instruction from the leadership Pentagon officials said Tuesday el mer Cache County Attorney Scott Wyatt said in December All the molestations took place between August and September 2002 When 1st District Court Judge Thomas Willmore asked Hans on Tuesday if anyone forced him into taking the plea he replied “Only myself sir” Hans faces up to 13 years in prison and a $10000 fine on each charge Sentencing in his case is scheduled for May 13 GRAND OPENING I'll J?or Dinner On v0drch&8 2003 Change Continued from A1 sit down to dinner in front of TV images of huge anti-wdemonstrations in the West for example they know that such crowds could never come together except with government approval As kings generahrutd haveduag to power over the 289 million people of the Middle East a debate has opened over what makes this region different Is it the destabilizing existence of Israel as the rulers themselves are quick to claim? Or the conservative patriarchal nature of Arab societies? Or Islamic fundamentalism? Whatever the reason “An overwhelming majority of people are not benefiting from the current system" says Mansoor Moaddel an Eastern Michigan University sociologist Those who claim culture ar View Continued fhmi A4 be little leftover for trees or shrubs to hide this monstrosity or buffer the noise that it will create Of greater concern to us is the continual decrease of farmland in this valley as' well as all over the United States Utah state law says that anyone can ask the city to annex land as long as it (foes not leave an island a peninsula We have heard the City Council say “The only way to save farmland is for the farmer riot to sell it” We feel that the above mentioned law is very a and religion make Arab democracy unworkable would have to explain the University of Michigan survey between 2000 and 2002 that found ' almost unanimous agreement in Egypt Jordan Morocco and Algeria that “despite its problems democracy is better than any other form of gov- ernment” Ibrahim the Egyptian rights activist has saved nearly a prison year of a severi-ye- ar sentence in a case widely seen as an attempt to silence his criticism of President Hosni ar Mubarak’s regime Friends advise him to be less outspoken while he is free pending an appeal but Ibrahim says that if the Arab wold is to change Arabs must take risks So he doesn’t shy away from dismissing unelected Arab presidents as “riffraff who in a moment of luck took power and will cling to it to the last drop of the blood of their people” Fares a researcher at the University of Jordan says few can be expected to follow in 21-ye- unfair to foe farm owner We rely on farmers to raise enough food to feed foe world! With the high cost of farm equipment gasoline etc we can hardly blame foe fanner for selling his land when someone comes along and offers him more money than he can make from his land by farming for foe rest of his life As we arc all calmly sitting in our houses watching the beautiful images of foreign lands foe land right next to us is being buried under blacktop so that we can enjoy the thrills of 300-fotower rides We have traveled to other states and they seem to be able to manage land based on its suitability for agriculture and only ot Ibrahim’s footsteps Three-quarte- rs of Jordanians recently surveyed by his Center for Strategic Studies have said they woe afraid to openly criticize their government While elections in Iraq Syria and Libya are still rubber- affairs democracy has made inroads in Lebanon Algeria and Jordan Morocco’s parliamentary elections last year were ’ fair and praised as dean-ancredit wait to King Mohammed VI In Saudi Arabia a nascent reform movement is capitalizing on the pointed questions being asked about why 13 of the 19 hijackers on Sept 11 woe Saudi Ibrahim said Arabs may at first look with skepticism on democracy and their rulers may try to paint it as dangerous meddling “But if our autocratic rulers do not allow the internal unfolding of reform then they should be the last to object to a democratic experiment somewhere else even if it is instigated by external forces” -stamp US-impos- ed foe lower grades are used for buildings etc Just remember that God doesn’t make any more land and when it’s ail under blacktop Or fun parks it’s gone We urge you to think About the type of development that you want to see as you drive into foe valley and how you value local farmland and then call or write to Logan City Council to express you' drain to preserve the type of valley that you enjoy today Please respond promptly for the council is meeting Wednesday (today) at 6 pm on this mat' ter Jed and Revi Merrill Logan §OM(§ j? 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